Ballinger police say a San Antonio man and woman found with a cooler stuffed with more than 1,300 grams of the marijuana extract THC Monday are now cooling off in the Runnels County Jail facing multiple drug charges.

The couple was stopped by officers Justin Amaro and Suzanne Torres for speeding in Ballinger about 12:45 a.m. Monday. When the driver rolled down the window, the police noticed the smell of marijuana and searched the vehicle, Torres said.

They discovered in a baby blue cooler dozens of packages of products with the marijuana extract tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, that totaled 1,364.3 grams (about 3 pounds). Much of the THC was well packaged, and some was mixed into chocolate, Torres said.

The couple, who told police they were returning from Colorado, also had in their possession 13 ounces of marijuana, Torres said.

They now each face a first-degree felony charge of possession of a controlled substance over 400 grams and a state-jail felony for marijuana. Bond for each suspect is $200,000, Torres said.

In the last week, Ballinger police say they have seized through traffic stops more than 2,413 grams of THC as well as 12.7 grams of Xanax, 8.1 grams of methamphetamine and 20.98 additional grams of marijuana.

Recent traffic stops have involved people from California, New Mexico and even Canada, Torres said.

Torres said that when they conduct traffic stops of people who say they are headed north to Colorado to visit family, “we try to give them a fair warning that what’s legal there is not legal here."